HASZARD’8 GAZE-TTE. MARCH 3.

IUIOPIAI IITILLIGIIOI.

I-‘ I A N C E . The _Oouucii of Sbte s in assembled on ror ' , for the exami- of sxpnditure. cc t Ministers were present. ' members of the Chamber of been unanimousi elec . The islutivc Body ameinblbd on Monday, M.‘ flit 'ding, and ado ted without disc tsion, ht bills of purely lots in't6rest. M. Bouhier «£3 l’Ecluse having thought it his dot to vote without having taken the oath, M. Bil ult ordered his vote to be cancelled. M. Bouhier protected, and declared that he would asmrthb ' to.thclsst.. I. Billanlt answer- cd that it was his dugand his right, as Presi- dent, not-to permits uty who put himself in flagrant opposition to t e wish and the laws of his count to lit in the Chamber, but that out of respect or the characte of Deput , he desired to leave him an op rtunit for su mission u to the last hour c the lasl day. scanda , he added, will fhil upon him who shall have caused it. M. Bouhler wished to say some words in reply, but instantly the bell of the President drown 's voice.

Au oficial article in the Moniteur, ascribed to the n of the Minister of France, calls attention to t e circumstance that fort millions of taxa- tion have been remitted w ich ressed most heavily upon agriculture and e labouring classes, at s time when all the resources of the nation ought to have been up lied to prevent her ruin; and that 50,000 men ve been ‘ber- ated from the army, and restored to their field and work-shops.

he niteur, of Wednesday, publishes an Im- mal dc , snnullinga credit of 16,000,000 of

es s ted in 1852, and which has remained nncm oycd, and restoring to the budget of 1853 s or 't o seven millions, of which two are to be devo to the railway from Paris to Cher- bourg, and live to that from Bordeaux to Cette.

The Assevnblee Nulionale has received a “ first warning,” for having published an article in which it asserts the principle of a national right n which rests the Imperial Government. T e"Pruse and the Mode have also been “warn-

M. Buschek, the European agent for the New York exhibition, had been admitted to an au- dience by the Em ror, who assured him, that the ‘imperial manufactures should be worthily repressn .

In the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday, another scene ensued on the continued refusal of M. Bcuhier de l‘Ecluse to take the oath to the Emperor. The Assembly voted, b an unani- mous bulletin of 221, that it was incumbent on M. Boubicr to take the oath; but on the latter rising to protest he was stop by the Presi- dent, who declared that the forbearance of the Assembly had been carried to its utmost limits.

Commerce

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DREADFUL GALE AT LIVERPOOL

The Mersey was visited on Saturda last with one of the most furious ies of win that ever blew. Many vessels bro e from their moorings and drifbd u the river, while the collisions, which were almost inevitable, were in some cases of a very serious description. The scene of the fort was terrific. .

We have not heard of any damage being sus- tained in the town flirthcr than t blowin down of a few chimney-pots, slates, to. On the Cheshire side the force of the gale was felt much more severely than in Liverpool. Several per-

blown “ uftheir feet" in the

dashed against walls and railings. In mere, two lar elm trees were snapped in twain, as thonglie they were reeds; severe walls were thrown down ; and many houses damaged. Numbers of the shopkee rs closed their s ut- ters in Birkcnhead sud oodside to prevent the windows from being smashed.

Though the northern and eastern pcasts appear to have experienced the full severity of the storm, it seems to have ea_tly throughout the country, and was accompanied at intervals by liea falls of snow, and severe frost. There are melancholy instances of loss, and the amount of damage to the mercantile deet generally is immense. The Cslias mail

eket brings intelligence of the loss of two Eglish vessels, and every soul belonging ts}

vessels has been brought u Lowestoft.—A most deplora le wreck is announ- ced to have happened near Ulverstone. A vessel called the Vigu, Mr. Giilead, master, belonging Cardi u, was ovcrhkcn by the gals and ur- tg coast near the north end of Waiqpy over the ' -

unfortunate crew . hour of Flint, sitsrate on e river Dec, in North Wales, was the scene of a fsarhl_ inundation, causing great alarm to the. inlmhitants and a vastauiouuttfdama tqproperty. Animmeuse body of water rush wi irresistible force into the ircaworks of the Messrs. Ommsney . High walls were knocked over, and the water illling a red-hot furnace, a large quantity of steam was generated, sud, being confined, an explosion took lacs, sssttsrl the materials hr and wide. e u line of e Chester and Holyhssd Railway, w ‘ch is nearest to the sea, was in some places away. rge bankmcnt, cnslosin a vast tract of marsh land, the property of Le Vivian, was almost wholly destroyed ; and, in addition to the dams done it ' calculated that it

the tide rose hi than the gn remember it ever to have done before. The lower part t. and the rcoe-course and its approaches, were flooded to a consider- able etut, be’ several feet deep, while some ofths usss_in ll:-ans-street were anepprusclr Tlic. rcpl mail steam-shi Africa, which should have milsd lbr New oskabout uocsi, t under we , as usual, shortly before that as, and stood of and on, waiting the val cf thcmsiic, butwss compsljiltocomcto an

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The outer gates of the Saudou Dock were broken, about noon, by the voilence of the waves.

Tun Rucuiir Sros.iis.—-Durin the last fort. uight, the whclskin in has is visited, at various intervals, wi ver hes snowstcrius.

also with severe guise of win and dreadful hurricanes. At Liverpool, the Irena. 70' "ll- psralso, while in tow to a steam tug, was cap- ’ sunk. Eleven of her crew out of were drowned almost in reach of the shore. he Prince Leopold and the Union cliet ( both from the Tyne) were lost near Calais, and

die crew drowned. A large wreck was also seen on e win Sinds. The Sr William Wallace,

in run ing for the Tyne, was capsixed, and her crew wued. vessels cm in the ccastin trade have suflsred severely; and many parts 0 the coast, particularl . the cast and north, have been strewed with nts of wrecks. ~

Snow-Sioux IN Anxuiixxx : AND Loss or Lira.- The snow-storm continues with unabated se- verity, and is by far the greatest experienced fbr

man ears. AD the poshl arran ments are muc eranged, some of the malls in fifteen hours bebin their time. On Wedne , the

23rd ult., eleven fishermen, belon 'ng to scie- moutb, a small station north of Aberdeen, were drowned by the swalnping of their boats, almost within reach of land.

Tux Town or IoxnoN.—On Saturday last Viscount Combermere, the Constable of the Tower, visited the old fortress, and selected the Ordnance-ciiice, situated at the east side of the White Tower, and opposite the Horse Armoury, as the fittest place for the rece tion of the fune- ral car of the late Duke of We lin ton. It will be placed in the lower part of the uilding with appropriate trophies, and the upper part is to be made into an armo . It is expected that the arrangements will be soon completed, and the Car ready for public exhibition.

THE AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS.

The latest advices received from the Austra- lian colonies are by the Erancis Heuty, to the 1st of December inclusive, which put into the Ca on the 16th of January.

resh deposits of gold have been discovered on the Korrong river, which seem likel to eclipse revious discoveries. The meta is chiefly ound in the form of nu ts. rom

uana, it seems, the accounts are still most favourable, pounds weight of gold bcin spoken of as freely as were ounces formerly. t is still a lottery, hcwever,hcavy prises and very fre- quent blanks. The market was wcll sup lied with provisions. The demand for wor ing men was increasing, and farm-labourers were much wanted; very high rates of wages were oficred for the latter; unless the former were supplied it was red the clip of wool would be short. Little emplo cut, on the other band, could be obtain b shopmen, clerks, and others inca bio of hand labour. The Melbourne local egislature had been compelled to abandon a proposition to establish an export duty on gold. great number of vessels were loa ing or London, intending to make the vo go round the Horn. he receipts from the mines during the month of November had been 427 .296 os., and the total shipments to the 22nd of November were to the extent of 91 tons 14 cwts. 2 rs. 9 lbs. 8 os., valued in the colony at£7,705.3 6.

The mail steamer Sydney was advertised to start on her return voyage to the Cape on the 1st December, and the Great Britiau on the 1st of January. Some ple estimatii that the Sydney and Great must be on their way home with fully three millions sterling of thepreciousrnetal,and procee ' gtoenumerste the sums known, and others presumed to be shipped up to this date, they arrive at the con- clusion that there cannot be less than from five to six millions sterling of id actually en route.

The following table, wit reprd to the labour market, will found interesting. Good ser- vants are in great demand, and wages onthe advance. Female servants for town are also much wants and scarce. W s range as new :—Mowers, 10s. to 12s. per acre, with rations; rs per week, wit ru- tions; married couples, without fa.mily, per aunum, with rations. £70 to £80; ditto, with family, £50 to £60; shepherds. with rations, r annum, £35; hut-keepers, ditto, ditto, 2: general uscfhl servants, ditto, ditto, £50 to £60; cooks, £1 10s. to £2 per week’ £70 to 80 per an. gardeners, with rations, r auum,£50 to £60 ;

ush carpenters, per wee , £1 10s. to £2, with

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rations ; stock-keepers, with rations, r anum, £50 to £60; ocms, ditto, ditto, £ to £60; cs ters, £ perday; blacksuiiths, pcr anum,

£7 to80;

A Russinv W!w‘luu—A gsnilsmsn writing from St Psiersburg, in December, says that " s cciver- ssl thaw prevails throughout Russis—sll ilicics is broken up—ihc weather mild and clcss—-and a de- luge of rain falling. lnccnsequcnce, the sledges in common use at this season are abandoned for csrrlsgcr, whsrs beats are not required.”

Cuiitusu li‘.isioss-rloiv.—'l‘lis ship Glentaaner, Chapman, srr’d. sl Kingston Jam. lat, inst, from run, a which place she had landed a cargo ofchirissssnigrsnts. She left Ainoy Sept. 12, and Algsu Bsy, C. G. H. Dec. 2, having on board 32 C hlusmcn, arriving at her declination Jan. 12. Forty of her pssscngem died on the passage.

Burn-irni. Exrsaursi«r.—It has lou been known to Physiologists, that certain coloring matters, if administered to animals along with their usual food, possess th

rty of entering largcl into the system an tipping the bones. ii this way the bones swine have been tinged purple by msddcr, and instances are on record o other animals being similarly affected. No attempt, however, was s to turn this beautiful discovery to accent until lstel , when Mons. Koch speculated on what mlg t be the consequence of administering colored articles of food to silk worms just before they ' n’ sir ceccons. is first ex- rimcnts were conducted with indigo, which e mixed in certain portions of the mulberry leaves, serving c worms for food e result oftfls treatment was successful,--he obtaincd blue Prosecuting still further hissxpcriments, he sought a red coloring matter capable of being eaten by silk worms without’ ' resulting. He had some dlflculty to mich scolcring matter at iii-st, but cvcatully slightcd on the Rsguouus‘ ' choc‘ . Small rticncofthisplcut hsviufibccu added tc;t mulberry leave the si worms ccusuuied the mixture”; produced red colored silk. In th'm manner

, experimenter, who is still prosecuting liiarccccrcbcs, ho tccbtam ck cssc-- acted by K Offlly other ‘

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Horus Bonus tones in GllatIo.—Frpm the ship Bi-sadscempt, uulcsdisg Peruvian

guano at Lcith, there were the re- insinc ofthrcc psi-scss,svidsstl fiicvicns. buried in the guano, sad w|I' Id appu- rcntly not been dinurbsd in the rocess

loading the ship. 'I;hc remains i lustratc a curious ro rt int c sno in prcscrv'

bones, liisirlrunyd clothc‘s‘,I while completlil: decom osing desk. It is not known who‘ the bodies were originally interred, but the bones were all found as entire as il' they had been preserved in a museum the hair remained upon the skull, and the clothes yrs very little decsysd.—.Nes-lb British,

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LIGIILATIVI IUIIARY. Tusscsv, March 99.

POST OFFICE DEPABTKINT.

Hon. Mr. Wiasosrou, from the Committee to whom were referred the several matters and Peti- lions islkuug to tho Post Oflics Department, to examine the same, and report ibcrson,—-submit- ted the following surour is You, l‘.nll|lnhIImn' I‘ ' ’ '_ malters and Petitions connected with the Post Ofice Department in the Colon , submit-

“Tllli, from the Reflirus Postage received at the did'crsst lnlsnd Oflcec (as furnished by the Post Mssier Geuei-sl) it appears ilist the amount of Postage between St. Elsanor's and the North Cape is sboui equal to ihe present as use of ihe Couriers in that direction ; and as the business through the Post Olficss will cfccurcc increase prcporiionsbly with the annually iscrcss- ing Trade and population in that ‘ '

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ascuon of the Colony. your Committee recommend that the Mails from Charlottetown to Tignish be.i:cuvcycd semi- weelily between in May and 31st Dec. yearly.

"Your Committee recommend that as Oilice be established, at or near Ksnt’s on the Road leading to Egmont Bay from the great Western Road, the Courier to travel wsekl from St. Elcanor’s to such Oliicc, which will s urd the nsaussry con- venience and advantage to a large portion of in- habitants in that part of the cuniy.

“ll appears the Post Office lsicly edsblished to the South West Settlement, Lot 27, dose not sllord the requisite convenience to the inhabitants of lot 67, in that quarter, and therefore recommend that s new be established on Anderson's Road, Lot 67.

“ Your Committee also recommend that the Mails to Prineetcwn and Park Corner be convey- ed semi-weclily, and that the present arrangements be altered so as to meet this new one.

“ Your Committee consider that an additional sum should bcvpaid to the Post Master in George- town, as by the returns shove referred to, the Postage received at that Oficc is about three times greater than the largest sum collected at any of the inland Ollccs throughout the Island, and son- ssqusntly the Post Master must give an almost constant attendance to the duliu of his oflcc-hc ou hi to be psid scccvdingly."

he Report was then submitted to the Com- mittee of the whole House, and, having bees gone through therein, it was reported agreed to as above given, with the exception of an amendment to the lust clause, rcapeeiing the Post Master of Georgetown, to the c act “ that his present salary increased by £6 over his per-centagc and the allowance now paid of £2 it was then- Resolvcil, That a Committee be appointed to EIQPIIO and report ihc Drafief an Address to Ilia the Liaut. Govaucr, pursuant to the car .

Ordered, That the Hon. Col. Secretary, the Hon. Mr. Thornton, and Mr. Clark do compose the said Committee.

BRIDGE OVER SOUBIS RIVER.

Resolved, That us Address be presented is His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor. requesting that he will plecsedtc ‘root a Survey to be made of the site of the intended Bridge over Souris River; and Ihslu Plan of the prupniu-tl Bridge. wiih a specification and Esumsir no vhc r*\;~: « .-.- cfihc work, be pre red as early as p---«Mg nor the information of i a Government

dared, Tlist Ir. Csmpion, the Has. It. Tliomion, and the lion. Mr. Whslsn, be a Com- mittee to prepare said Address.

P081‘ OFFICE DEPABTKll.'N'I‘.

The Hon. thadCol.. Sacsursir. from the gem- mittec appoints to prepare and rt the raft of an Address to His Excellency Th’: Lieutenant Governor, ursusnt to the Report adopted by the House on I e subject of the several matters and Petitions relating to the Post Oflcc partmcnt, presented the Draft of an Address ac prcpsred by the Committee, which wusaprsed to by the House. The Address is in accordance with the Report of the Comniiiise, requesting that His Excellency will be plessed to put into cpcrsticn the recom- meudsiions ihersiu contained.

Pl.'I'ITIONB.

The Hon. Mr. Jaauuis, from the Committee to whom were referred the Petitions cf divers Inhabitants of Towsships 66 and 66, and the Pe- iition of two inhabitants of Township 4|, to ex- sxamine the same and report thereon, prcscstcd the following Report.

" Your Coiiiiiimss icwhom were referred the Pclitiou of certain Inhabitants residing is the Icy Fortune Road, Townships 66 and 66, ssttin forth the destruction caused to their crops an other property, by aterrllc bail storm in July of last year, and prsyig that the House of Asssmbl would vote them a sum of money for their relief’- snd also a Petition from Donald M'lsssc and Hugh tl'Kiiiseu. es the Cardigan Reed, Lot 41, is reference to the nuts subject, and V ylug [hr simflll rclisf--have to rcpert—'i‘hat '

exsmi ihres Wllscssss es the su those psiltisss, via Jehu I'lntcsh. Esq , semicircu- cr is which some of the

Donald Berton. sud

pctitiotllll rcsids the flee. the lion. James Dlugwsll. That the svideacc given In those gcstlcsosu ccrrobcrstcetbs siste-

menis c Petitioners, as they were eye-witnesses to the great injury does to the and buildings of the stitlcscls, all having, to r knowledge,

sulkrsd vsry ssvsrely from tbs atcrns, bsiscmc individuals to s greater extent the

“As Act “(Instead

ll Thccugvcsssd ‘I "As Asttcsstsblishs wmd lshcd," was

Thomas Power I I0 0 John Power I I0 0 Nsi|M'lsase I I0 0 William Lsrkiu 1 10 0

irick‘l‘obls I I0 0 llugh K‘KisIron 1 l0 0 Denali tmssso i 10 0.

£ 0 0

——-ell The Hos. Mr. Jsauisu thsu uioved.tlist the said Re i be referred to the Coisrniues of dupply The once Gviilcd on the question : L Yas—Hori. Mr. Jardlilc. . . lielsn. Mr. Mooney, Mr. Csmpion, Hon. Col. Secretary, Hos. Mr. Lord, Mr. M'Ncill. and Mr. Laird—8. Rhys-—l‘lou. Mr. Coles, Hos. r. Palmer, Mr. M , Mr. Montgomery, Mr. igkiman. Mr.

and Mr. Device--I9. so .

it in be u .

The recommendation of the Committee and the prayer of the Petition were warmly su rted s nulcusly urged by the lion. Mr. helsn ilis Hes. Mr. Wsrburtco, Mr. Mstnsill, Mr. Laird, and Mr. Mooney : and the Hon. Mr. Lord, whilst he admitted ilisi the eonipl ing with the recommendation of the Report wou he Istsblishv ing a very bad p set, as it would certainly operate as a positive encouragement held act in s l persons is distressed circumstances, to look in the Assembly for relief, was yet dis d to vote for the up to risiisu of a small sum towards the relief of I sliiioncis. The hon. members- Hce. Mr. Celes. Hos. Mrs Pops, Hon. Mr. Thornton. Hon. Mr. Palmer. and Mr Montgomery —who spoke spsinst scomplisiiec with the re- commendaiion o the Report, all opposed it on the same grounds. They argued that s compli- ance with it would be the establishing of a very bad precedent, and would be an actual holding out of encouragement to every msn in the Colony, lliercsfler, suflrring from any unfortunate cssusliy - whether he might be a farmer, a mechanic, s merchant, s ship-owner, s lawyer, or s doctor- io apply to, and expect relief from, the Assembly. They all admitted that the Petitioners might be very justly entitled to commisssraiicn. At the same time, however, they argued that, notcnly would s compliance with the recommendation of the Report establish a precedent for future a pli- csiions of a similar character to an extent w iich the means at the disposal of the House would render it absolutely impossible for them to enter- tain; but that, to afford relief by a grant of money, in the recent instance, would be a giving of s very Illtjtlll preference to the claims of the Peli- tiouers, over those of several others (equally de- serving the commissersiion of the House,) the prayers of whose Petitions the House had, how- ever, been obliged to reject.

BRIDGE OVER SOURIS RIVER.

Mr. Csssrioit, from the Committee appointed to prepare and report the Draft of an A ress to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, on the subject of a survey of the site of the intended Bridge across Souris River, reported the Draft of an Address, as pre cred by the Committee, which was agreed to by t s Houae.——The Address res- pectfully requests that His Excellency will be pleased to direct a survey of the site of the in- tended Bridge, and that a Plan, S ificstion and Estimate of the ex use of the Bri go be prepared a ' is Excellency in Council, in order that the work may he proceeded with as earl as possible.